The Minster School
Secondary schoolThe Minster School is a secondary school in Newark and Sherwood, for pupils aged 7 to 18. It had 1,616 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), November 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 21 November 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 100% of pupils at The Minster School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Nottinghamshire and 62% in England.
60% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Minster School was 55.5, against 45.3 in Newark and Sherwood and 46.2 in England.
62.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Nottinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 100% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 60% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 114 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 114 | 105 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Newark and Sherwood | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 55.5 | 45.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 62.9% | 44.4% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 82.1% | 65.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 240 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Holy Trinity CofE Infant SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade360 m
- Lowe's Wong Infant SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met750 m
- Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, November 2019750 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Newark and Sherwood
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).